How I Organise My Weeks As A Self Employed Business Owner

 There is something so encouraging about setting out and organising my weekly goals and jobs to prioritise.

I have to be honest, I do struggle with keeping myself focused and motivated in the same way as I would if I was actually going into a 9-5. I also have so much to think about in so many different areas of my business that when I think about jobs I need to do, it becomes overwhelming. Too many hats!

That's why having a structure in place is key.

I think we all enjoy ticking off a to-do list? But it is also worth considering planning your days in a way that will keep you the most focused and creative. 

The best way I find that works for me is to split my days up into categories.

These categories are:

Creative

Admin

Planning

Self Development

This is what currently works for me.

I like to start my week off on a Monday with a creative day. I love to love Mondays and I find if I set up my day for a creative one it massively helps me enjoy them.

This is a day for things like making jewellery, batch creating images or videos etc for socials, the fun stuff. I have two days a week for creative jobs.

Once I get to Tuesday & Wednesday I feel a bit more prepared for jobs that don't naturally inspire me/I would try to put off.

So Tuesday is an admin day. This looks a bit like a day of emails and spreadsheets. 

I try to keep organised and have spreadsheets for things like sales performances and also if I buy new supplies in I break down costs etc. So this is all updated here.

This would also be a day for checking stock and ordering new supplies if need be.

Wednesday is a planning day for me. 

I find it useful to set aside a day to brainstorm and plan. With so much going on in online business I feel I get so overwhelmed and sometimes feel left behind on knowing what even I should be doing or posting on social etc.

This is my time to dive deep into research and jot everything down with brainstorming activities.

This is then a great time to plan out content ideas and things like that.

Then I give myself a day of "Self Development" This is where I will work on myself and trying to grow. This can be anything from reading my business book - The Desired Brand Effect and listening to business podcasts or watching youtube videos. Any online courses or webinars will be on this days to do list too.

Of course things change and some days I will have something to do that doesn't fit into the category so obviously there is always tweaking and changing but this is the general structure I go for.

Having a planner with time slots is also a great thing! Some of my favourite planners and journals are from Papier.

My days are broken up also into rough time frames. I love having a morning routine first thing which will involve meditation, stretching and having my morning drinks, I also love to workout 4-5 times a week. It's good to have time slots so you have fixed time to concentrate on each thing, then when you have your deep work time you can focus. I think they say it takes about 15 minutes for us to get in the 'zone' properly. This is why I need this sort of structure rather than jumping from task to task.

I hope this is an insightful and useful post. Feel free to drop in the comments with any of your own tips on staying in the flow!

xx

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